The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1963
Waning Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
1:41 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.36° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.56° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.